Rosemary is both useful and attractive in landscapes
Rosemary is a useful plant with a colorful history. Did you know that if a rosemary bush grows vigorously in a family's garden, it means that the woman heads the household? Surely, many healthy rosemary plants have been pruned low by humbled husbands and many struggling plants have been nurtured by strong-willed wives.

A tall story?
Her collards probably aren't as tall as an elephant's eye, but they're pretty close. Just after Christmas, Twine Street resident Kat Twine cut off the tops of her collard greens and stuck them in the ground. ''And now they're back again'' and ready to pick. She's got to do it pretty soon, she says, or they'll be tough. There's no magic formula to raising her collards, she says. She uses Miracle-Gro on them.

Plant lovers in for fantastic weekend
EPIC's Sixth Annual Flower, Garden (and Golf) Expo will take place at the Special Events Field (behind the Visitors Information Center) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Duplicate spring series begins
The Bridge Club's traditional Spring Series began earlier this week at the bridge club. Each spring, eight Tuesdays are set aside for this competition. In order to qualify for the competition, players must play with at least five different partners during the eight-week series.

Bulletin Board
Habitat for Humanity of St. Augustine and St. Johns County will host an orientation program at 5:30 p.m. today. Interested individuals are asked to call Habitat at 826-3252 for location of this meeting.

Music: Dave Holland brings Grammy-winning quintet to UNF
The Dave Holland Quintet will perform at University of North Florida's Robinson Theater on April 5 at 7:30 p.m., as part of the Great American Jazz Series. Opening for the quintet will be the UNF Jazz Ensemble 1 and Jazz Ensemble 2.

Another EPIC event on tap ...
Because everyone has their own favorite aspect of the arrival of spring, this year's "Celebration of Spring" has added new ways of honoring the year's most anticipated season.

A look at visual arts around town
- Art Association: The St. Augustine Art Association, 22 Marine St., is currently showing, "Primavera," on display through April 22. In the South Gallery, "Color, Color, Color," a showing of watercolors, collages and pottery, will be on display April 1 through 20.

Nocturnal, round-tailed muskrats are difficult to sight
Last week a friend reported that during a picnic break from canoeing Pellicer Creek in Faver Dykes State Park, she saw a furry creature dash across an open space and dive into a hole at the base of the roots of an overturned tree on the bank of the creek.

Books: Bennett's novel hits like a welterweight
To American art-house movie patrons, Alan Bennett may be familiar as the screenwriter nominated for an Academy award in 1994 for ''The Madness of King George,'' adapted from a stage play of his.

Out and About
- Acoustic guitar with Anastasia: Guitarist and vocalist Anastasia performs at Caps on the Water on March 30 from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Movies: Film Society adds second viewing time
For the first time, starting April 3 with an Argentine film, "Autumn Sun," area film fans will have a chance to choose a 4:30 or 7 p.m. Tuesday showing of features selected by the Film Society of St. Augustine.

Books: 'Dreamcatcher' marks King's return to horror
Stephen King's ''Dreamcatcher'' begins as a novel about four men wrestling with the onset of middle age and realizing, with no small amount of bitterness, their lives have not turned out the way they had hoped. ''You grew up, became a man, had to adjust to taking less than you hoped for; you discovered the dream-machine had a big OUT OF ORDER sign on it.''

Movies: Men grouse in 'Brothers'
If ''Waiting to Exhale'' gave African-American women a chance to vent over romantic frustrations and the immaturity of men, then Gary Hardwick's ''The Brothers'' is a return salvo, an opportunity for the guys to grouse about the impossibility of ever getting it right with the ladies.

Teacher Says: Concentrate
Tyler concentrates like a poodle pup. Not that his daily routine helps. At school, chairs screech, desks rattle and kids yowl from first bell to last. At home, TV channels spin by in fevered flashes and his favorite shows switch scenes every seven seconds. If he didn't have an attention deficit this morning, he'll have one by dinner.

School Events
These are some of the school events for the week of March 31April 6

Order slapped against Stone stalker
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A court commissioner issued a temporary restraining order against a man who allegedly showed up at Sharon Stone's Los Angeles-area home, saying he wanted to ''take her and marry her.''

TODAY IN HISTORY
On March 30, 1981, President Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington D.C. hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr. Also wounded were White House press secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent and a police officer.

HOROSCOPE
ARIES (March 21 to April 19): At long last, all that talk leads to a little action. A good deed comes back to you when you need it most.

Flagler College
students 'capitolize' on Washington D.C. experience
Nate Lesicka stood at attention in his U.S. Air Force uniform, as the sound of ''Taps'' filled the hills of Arlington National Cemetery. One of the day's many burials had just taken place, and all 20 students in Dr. Art Vanden Houten's War and Violence in the 20th Century class stood quietly.

It's a Great Life: Just what do you say to a Princess anyway?
The following is reprinted from the Feb. 1, 1971, edition of The Record. The occasion was the last visit to this community by the Spanish royal couple, when they were the Prince and Princess of Spain. The two, now King and Queen of Spain, are due to visit here Sunday, the first time in 30 years that they've set foot on St. Augustine soil.

Creole Cuisine
We have crossed over into spring, and lo and behold another special day comes into being. The joy of Easter is a day of many choices. Brunch or just breakfast comes into its own on this day. I thought you just might like to be reminded of an old Southern tradition (as if you needed this), grits, the darling dish of Dixieland.

Savory Sage: Whip up a pancake breakfast
Pancakes/waffles are a favorite American breakfast food. My family enjoys waffles for dinner, also smothered with fresh strawberries or blueberries. They are quick and inexpensive to make. There is very little difference between waffle or pancake batter. The difference is in how the batter is cooked: For waffles, a waffle iron is needed.

Continuous updates
For latest on the TPC and other golf news, link to The Record's online site. You'll find schedules, player bios, money lists, information on upcoming tournaments and feature stories.

Raining on their parade
The gallery had assembled en masse for Friday's opening round of the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf tournament at The King & the Bear. Only they weren't lining the roped off areas of the course or following a host of notable golfers. They were in the afternoon's hottest spot: shelter.

U.S. reviews Russian weapons safety
WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Thursday that his administration is reviewing U.S. aid to Russia used to stop the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.

Bush wants all-American trade zone
WASHINGTON (AP) --President Bush urged quick approval Thursday of a hemisphere-wide free-trade zone, an arrangement that one official said could include a clause to withdraw a country's benefits in the event of a military coup.

Campaign finance debate reaches crossroads -- then compromise
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After more than a week of turbulent debate, campaign finance legislation was at a crossroads Wednesday afternoon when key senators and their aides filed into an ornate conference room a few paces down the hall from the Senate floor.

House votes to ease taxes on marriage
WASHINGTON -- Moving swiftly on another major piece of President Bush's tax package, the House voted overwhelmingly Thursday for a bill cutting income taxes for millions of married couples and gradually doubling the $500-per-child tax credit.

Twenty years later ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The pop, pop, pop of gunfire outside a Washington hotel 20 years ago sent the lives of those at the scene ricocheting in different directions.

'Soft money' bill nears passage in Senate
WASHINGTON -- Legislation to cleanse the nation's scandal-scarred campaign finance system moved to the brink of Senate passage on Thursday after Sen. John McCain and his allies prevailed in a showdown to ease the impact of the Supreme Court's inevitable constitutional review.

Million dollar bails for couple in dog attack
RED BLUFF, Calif. -- The high-speed road trip of a couple charged in the dog-mauling death of their neighbor prompted authorities to hold them on bail of a million dollars and up.

Change of venue in dog attack?
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The lawyer for the couple charged in the dog-mauling death of a neighbor said he likely will seek to move their trial. And he also will tell them to stop speaking publicly.

Economy slows further, in reverse?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy registered its weakest growth in more than five years in the last three months of 2000, and a few analysts believe it may have stopped growing or even slipped slightly into reverse in the current quarter. Corporate profits, meanwhile, fell for the first time since 1998.

Jet smashes into Aspen hillside, killing 18
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) -- Investigators picked through twisted debris high in the Rockies on Friday, looking for clues to what caused a chartered jet to crash as it came in for a landing at one of the trickiest airports in the nation. All 18 people aboard were killed.

Relatives lash out over book on McVeigh
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Kathleen Treanor said she felt sick to her stomach after reading excerpts from a new book about Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing.

Drug arrest
An 18-year-old St. Johns County man was arrested on drug charges Thursday morning after a warrant was issued, according to the Sheriff's Office.

For the record: Bridge closing
State Road 206 at the Crescent Beach Bridge is scheduled to be closed for two weeks, except for the weekend in between, beginning Monday.

Fire damages car
A fire damaged a 1986 BMW Thursday morning at State Road A1A North and Library Boulevard. The fire caused an estimated $1,000 in damages. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is unknown.

School bus driver gets fifth citation in crash
A 46-year-old school bus driver was given her fifth driving citation after a car T-boned a St. Johns County bus on State Road 16 Thursday afternoon, causing minor injuries to the woman in the car, authorities said.

Mother's medical records sought
Medical records of a woman charged with killing her 4-year-old twin sons will be released to prosecutors, along with any statements made by the woman while she was at a Jacksonville Beach hospital, a judge ruled Friday.

Residents want scooters to scoot
Residents in north St. Augustine are frustrated, they say, because scooter riders screech at the top of their lungs and yell phrases such as ''born to ride'' in their quiet neighborhood.

Protesters seek media attention during visit
Marchers in the ''Let Freedom Sing'' event planned for Sunday will sing and carry protest signs on St. George Street in one of several demonstrations planned during the king of Spain's visit.

Woman charged with assault
A 29-year-old St. Johns County woman was arrested on an aggravated assault charge Tuesday night after a man was threatened with a butcher knife, according to the Sheriff's Office.

A word about the census and growth
At the risk of irritating the hundreds of folks who make a living from the construction, development and building trades, I would like to consider two diverse, but related, news stories.

Keeping You in Stitches: Importance of copyright
Krause Publications has just released a unique book called, "A Celebration of Stitching." This new instructional stitching publication not only teaches crafters about new patterns, but also educates them about the copyright laws surrounding such creations.

McLaughlin wins teacher of year
Nancy McLaughlin made her school proud Thursday night when she was named teacher of the year at the 10th Annual Northrop Grumman Horizon Awards banquet.

Etcetera
A community day for residents of Hastings, Armstrong and Flagler Estates continues from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hastings Recreation Department, Main Street, Hastings.

Two men arrested in strong-arm robbery
Two men were arrested on strong-arm robbery charges Wednesday afternoon after a purse was stolen from a Northwood Drive home earlier in the morning, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Shirley Graubard
Shirley Evlyn (Laskowitz) Graubard, 75, St. Augustine, formerly of Pembroke Pines and Wurtsboro, N.Y., died suddenly March 27, 2001, at her home. Born in Woodridge, N.Y., Jan. 26, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Abraham and Beatrice Laskowitz.

Marguerite Porter
Funeral services for Marguerite Porter, 83, St. Augustine, who died March 25, 2001, at the Ponce de Leon Care Center, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ancient City Baptist Church, with the Rev. Dr. David Rice, pastor, officiating.

Carmen Ruoff
Carmen (nee Piezzo) Ruoff, of St. Augustine, a 34-year cancer survivor, at age 56, died on March 25, 2001.

Helen Clark
Funeral services for Helen Elizabeth Clark, 87, Gaithersburg, Md., who died March 25, 2001, at Mariner Health Care, Bethesda, Md., will be held at 10 a.m. today at Craig Funeral Home chapel.

Bessie Barker
Memorial services for Bessie Lynton Barker, 87, St. Augustine, who died March 24, 2001, at Flagler Hospital, will be held at 11 a.m. today at the St. Johns County pier in St. Augustine Beach.

Capt. John Shea Jr.
Capt. John D. Shea Jr. passed away March 24, 2001. He was born in Butte, Mont., in 1922 and reared in the Midwest.

Thomas Wilbur
Memorial services for Thomas ''Tom'' Arnold Wilbur, 48, a former St. Augustine resident who died March 21, 2001, in Houston, Texas, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Craig Funeral Home chapel.

Rita Reilly
Services for Rita Reilly, 80, who died Feb. 26, 2001, in a Virginia Beach, Va., rest home, will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augustine.

Bessie Hall
Funeral services for Bessie Hall, 96, died March 28, 2001, at Regents Park, Jacksonville, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Craig Funeral Home chapel, with Elder Albert Altman and the Rev. Warren Frederick officiating.

Trusty Singletary
Trusty Singletary, 87, St. Augustine, died March 29, 2001, in Flagler Hospital. Arrangements will be announced by Chase and Son Funeral Home.

Priscilla Todd
Funeral services for Priscilla Todd, 77, Jacksonville, who died March 28, 2001, at St. Vincent's Hospital, Jacksonville, will be held at 10 a.m. today at Craig Funeral Home chapel, with the Rev. Dr. David Rice, pastor of Ancient City Baptist Church, officiating.

Letter: Thanks to the Postal Service for personal touch
I would like to take this time to thank our Postal Service. It is nice to walk into the Post Office and be referred to by my name and a nice smile from all the people working at the front counter. Often we take a number and have to wait a few minutes, but think of the people behind the counter who are there all these hours, smiling and helping all of us. For 34 cents we get some great service. We've all been to restaurants where we have had to wait 30 minutes for a table, then pay 30 or 40 dollars and don't even receive a smile from the server.

Letter: More support for April 1 protest
I am a Flagler College acting student. I love this wonderful town. Yet its charm and civility may be fast disappearing, replaced with meanness. As the English poet John Donne wrote centuries ago, ''do not ask to whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.''

A new life at Victory
VICTORY, Ga. -- Purple thrift shone like amethysts among the gray headstones of the Words, the Causeys, the Tisingers. Families with deep roots in these red hills.

Letter: Parents have dropped out of learning
The proposed requirement for graduating seniors to pass the 10th grade FCAT sends a clear message to the students of Florida that the state is serious about the issue of accountability. But what about their parents? Are they getting the message? When it comes to their children's education, are they passing the test? All too often the answer is ''no.'' Unfortunately, many parents seem to have dropped out of the learning process.

The enemy as an ally
As we come to the end of Women's History Month, Jane Fonda and Harvard professor Carol Gilligan qualify as poster women. Fonda because she gave $12.5 million to Harvard's Graduate School of E

Opinion: A bad word -- no matter who says it
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Robert Byrd's recent and unfortunate use of the n-word, and NAACP President Kweisi Mfume's response, should prompt us to call time out and listen to the language we hear. When the n-word and other

Letter: King Juan Carlos an unlikely hero
This week the United States (and St. Augustine in particular) will play host to a man who in his own way is a hero of our times, King Juan Carlos of Spain. Few Americans today realize or appreciate the way in which this Constitutional Monarch, who was dismissed in his youth as a crony of the fascist dictator Francisco Franco, made his homeland safe for democracy at a turning point in history of its young Constitution.

Letter: Dead pine trees on U.S. 1 dangerous
If something isn't done to remove the dead pine trees that line U.S. 1, south of DuPont Center, I'm afraid someone is going to get hurt. These trees were killed from a wildfire (the Bulls Bay Fire) that went through the area in 1998, and now they are falling onto U.S. 1. Just yesterday (03-20-01), the winds from a cold front blew at least three of the trees onto the highway.

Remember during Passover observance
This week, we study certain commandments related to Passover. We are told to make a Passover offering to commemorate the exodus from slavery: Not to eat leavened bread for seven days. And to ''remember this day on which you went forth from Egypt, from the house of slavery, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you out.''

Revival set
Freedom Baptist Church will host a spring revival April 5-8 at the church, State Road 207.

Church News
Women of St. Augustine are invited to a Prayer and Share Breakfast at Good Shepherd Ministries Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. Arti Tarquine will be the speaker. The church is located at 4430 U.S. Hwy. 1 South. For further information, call 794-5111. The church is Bible-based non-denominational. Pastor is Jerry Sparks, and Sunday worship is at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. There is also a worship service at 7 p.m. Other groups that meet during the week are adult and children's Bible study, prayer and Bible-centered addiction overcomers.

Missouri synod president dies
The Rev. Dr. A.L. Barry, who had served since 1992 as president of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, died March 23 in an Orlando hospital. He was

A compassionate society
You know a people by its rituals. Rituals tell us about the deeply-rooted fears and aspirations of a society. A ritual in which the kingly participation involves practices evoking smashing enemy-heads tells us a great deal about Egypt.

Passover seders planned
The observance of Passover is planned here by both Congregation Sons of Israel, Cordova Street, and by Temple Bet Yam, which worships at St. Augustine Beach.

Church news
Great Commission International Ministries will present a benefit concert Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at New St. James Missionary Baptist Church, 135 N. Rodriguez St., to benefit Pearl McKenzie.

Bulletin Board
Shiloh Baptist Church, 271 W. King st., will have a fish dinner and bake sale Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. The public is invited. The sale is in the interest of the annual woman's day during May. For further information call 824-3913.

Take note
Psalms 14:1 -- ''The fool hath said in his heart, There is no god. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good."

Yankees' Gooden won't make team, retires
TAMPA -- Faced with the likelihood of not making the opening day roster, New York Yankees pitcher Dwight Gooden retired Friday in his the city where he grew up playing baseball.

Jagr, Lemeiux lift Penguins
PITTSBURGH -- Jaromir Jagr, trying for a fourth consecutive scoring title, had his fourth multiple-goal game in March and Mario Lemeiux also had two goals as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 Thursday night.

First in "Race for Love" series set for Saturday
Though small on the scale of big cities, St. Augustine can sadly lay claim to its own undercurrent of abuse and death: On Oct. 3, 1999, Sue Cady was brutally killed on St. Augustine Beach, apparently the victim of domestic violence.

Warrant issued for Strawberry
TAMPA -- An arrest warrant for Darryl Strawberry was issued Friday after the troubled former slugger left the drug treatment center where he had been serving two years' house arrest.

Brunell staying with Jags
JACKSONVILLE -- Mark Brunell has said all along that he wanted to stay in Jacksonville. Friday afternoon, the team ensured he would . . . by signing the mobile left-handed quarterback to a 4-year, $30 million pact that runs through 2004. The deal includes an $8 million signing bonus and a $2.5 million roster bonus.

Capriati ready for Venus in Ericsson final
KEY BISCAYNE -- Jennifer Capriati survived a sometimes painful and always public adolescence, with each misstep chronicled in front-page headlines. She shrugged off the scrutiny, learned from her mistakes, persisted with her career and won abundant admiration by becoming a Grand Slam champion.

Maryland's season linked with Duke
MINNEAPOLIS -- Maryland's first Final Four will forever be linked with Duke -- and not only because the teams play each other in the national semifinals.

Umpires needed
The St. Augustine Umpire Association is looking for men and women to umpire ASA slowpitch adult softball games in St. Johns County. For more information call Betsy Clarkson at 829-8807 or Glenn Jones at 826-1862

NHL Roundup: Maple Leafs 2, Flyers 1
PHILADELPHIA -- Toronto's Tie Domi wrestled with a fan in the penalty box, and Jonas Hoglund scored the game-winning goal less than a minute later as the Maple Leafs beat the Philadelphia Flyers.

FSDB teams sweep track meets
At the March 24 Louisiana School for the Deaf Invitational, the FSDB boys won with a score of 89, followed by Louisiana 79, Texas 53 and Mississippi 30.

Venus gets past Hingis at Ericsson
KEY BISCAYNE -- Venus Williams is 6-foot-1 and looked even taller Thursday, playing high-wire tennis and rising above the debate about fixed matches and racist fans to defeat her most irksome rival.

Florida's top young players expected to stay
GAINESVILLE -- Ending speculation surrounding his two key players, Florida coach Billy Donovan said Friday that junior Udonis Haslem and sophomore Brett Nelson are not leaving school early for the NBA.

Earnhardt wins pole for Harrah's
FORT WORTH, Texas -- With reminders of his late father seemingly everywhere at Texas Motor Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. got off to a great start Friday in defense of his first Winston Cup victory.

NHL Roundup: Hasek, Sabres shut out Thrashers
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Dominik Hasek stopped 30 shots, shutting out Atlanta for the second time in five nights, as the Buffalo Sabres clinched their fourth straight playoff berth with a 4-0 victory Friday over the Thrashers.

Local Sports: Bartram edges Clay
The Bartram Trail softball team beat Clay 4-2 on Wednesday. Danielle Weaver went 2 for 3, scored twice stole three bases and drove in a run. Holly Holton had two RBIs. Jamie Leet (12-0) pitched a complete game with two strikeouts. Bartram is 15-0.

Delta flight from Orlando diverted
TULSA, Okla. -- A Delta flight from Orlando, Fla., to Salt Lake City was diverted to Tulsa International Airport on Thursday because of the smell of smoke in the cockpit.

Newspapers file suit over autopsy photo law
TALLAHASSEE -- Two Florida newspapers sued the Broward County medical examiner Friday, just 24 hours after Gov. Jeb Bush signed into law a measure restricting the release of autopsy photographs.

House begins debate on $53 billion budget
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- The House began putting the finishing touches on its $53.3 billion budget Friday, deciding on a state spending plan in a difficult year in which medical cost increases are eating up most of the new money available.

Senate begins debate on tighter budget
TALLAHASSEE -- The Senate on Thursday put the finishing touches on its plan for how Florida should spend $47.8 billion next year, earmarking a third of it for education and a third for social services.

Rain brings spring break blues
PANAMA CITY BEACH (AP) -- While spring break beer sales are up this year, rain, wind, high surf and cold temperatures have depressed businesses that rely on outdoor activities in this Florida Panhandle beach town.

Six Palestinians are killed, dozens wounded
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Reviving the mass protests of the early stage of their six-month-old uprising, thousands of Palestinians battled Israeli troops with stones and guns in a ''day of rage'' Friday and drew heavy Israeli fire that killed six demonstrators and injured more than 130.

Death penalty could bar extradition
DINAN, France -- A French prosecutor said Friday that an American fugitive wanted in the slaying of a New York state abortion doctor would not be extradited from France if he risks facing the death penalty in the United States.

After crisis, Mexican banks recovering
MEXICO CITY -- Six years after the government pledged $100 billion to bail out the sinking banking industry, recovery has come slowly -- and largely at the expense of Mexicans.

Serbian state TV says Milosevic arrested
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Slobodan Milosevic appeared at the gate to his villa early Saturday, amid conflicting reports that he had been arrested on charges stemming from a decade of repressive rule.

Monsanto's seeds genetically modified
ROME -- Italy's agriculture minister has called for the seizure of more than 300 tons of soybean and corn seeds, which he claims were genetically modified, and for the suspension of the license of the importer and distributor, Monsanto.

Baby who made miraculous recovery leaves hospital
EDMONTON, Alberta -- With a wave goodbye to hospital workers who saved her life, 14-month-old Erika Nordby went home Friday, more than a month after her heart stopped beating for two hours after she wandered into the frigid night.

Hepatitis infection feared
TOKYO (AP) -- Tainted blood products used in Japan until 1988 may have exposed hundreds of people to hepatitis, the Health Ministry said Thursday.

Bush takes tough line on terrorism, Arafat
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush, taking a tough line on Palestinian attacks on Israel, urged Yasser Arafat Thursday to speak out forcibly and clearly to condemn violence.